Re: Another Shooting
I think one problem is the sheer ease that those in the US can buy as many guns as they like.
When handguns etc were legal in the UK, you had to apply for a variation on your cert if you wanted another one. For example, if you had a Beretta 92f but also wanted a S&W .357 magnum, you had to apply for it and have it added to your cert. Variations were not always accepted. Also, the way the licencing worked, the plod knew who had guns, the number of them and what they were.
In the US, once you have the permit, you can just buy whatever you like without further applications or variations afaik.
I know one American guy on a shooting forum who has over 40 handguns and 15 rifles.
The UK laws were actually quite good / strict, but revoked due to the Police not enforcing already existing laws which saw Hungerford and Dunblane. This of course was never really made public.
Oddly enough, since handguns and certain rifles were banned in the UK, gun crime has actually
risen by circa 40%.